Combination garment or so-called overalls



Oct. 20, 1936. H KAYSER 2,058,238

COMBINATION GARMENT OR SO-CALLED O ERALLS Filed Jan. 15, 1935 mvsrvrofi J I GerharcZJf. KaySGT' l ATTORN E Y5 Patented Oct. 20, 1936 COMBINATION PATENT OFFICE GARMENT on so-cmnn OVERALLS Gerhard Herman Kaiser, Lonneker, near Enschede, Netherlands Application January 15, 1935, Serial No. 1,942 In the Netherlands September 14, 1934 2 Claims.

In the manufacture of garments comprising sleeves it has been proposed to provide such garment with means. which will allow the wearer free and unhampered movement of the arms and 5 particularly raising the arms without unduly straining of the sleeves of the garment and consequent liability of tearing the sleeve from the armhole. To obtain this the edge of 'the sleeve opening is secured in the armhole along the upper portion only, whilst along the remaining portion it is provided with an extension piece or flap loosely overlapping the edge of the armhole at the inner side, such overlappingportion being connected to a lower point of the garment by anelastic band.

Such measure, which in the case of ordinary coats really would have no value, as in raising the arms the whole garment moves upwards, is however of special advantage for combined garments or overalls, in which the jacket and trousers are combined in a single unit, which is buttoned up to the neck and covers the undergarments completely.

It has been found that the application of the above-described measure per se does not produce the desired and expected result in overalls. It is true, that in raising the arms, a somewhat elastic displacement of the overlapping portion relative to the edge 'of the armhole takes place, but

' not to a suflicientextent, while in simultaneously turning the bodyforwards or backwards or when the arms are more laterally stretched, straining of the sleeves and consequent liability to tearing the sleeves from the armholes still occur. Also, the overlapping portion, when lowering the arms does not smoothly return to its original position, but produces folds at the side between the armhole and sleeve.

According to the invention a completely satisfactory solutionof the problem is obtained, in that at either side of the overlapping portion there is provided in the breast and back of the garment an elastic leat, to which the said overlapping portion is nnected. Only by this com- 5 bination of the above described known measure with the elastic pleats, a free and unhampered movement of the arms and body is allowed in all directions, without the risk of tearingthe sleeves from the armholes and without inconveniently 50 straining the garment. The invention will be hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing showing an embodiment of an over-all comprising the improvement according to the invention.

Fig. 1 shows the garment in front elevation and partly opened.

Fig. 2 is a back view of the garment.

As shown in the drawing, the back portion l of the jacket or upper part of the garment, along 5 the total width of the back, is detached from the trousers 2 which, at this point, are provided with an approximately triangular flap 3 underlying said back portion I, the apex of said flap being connected through the medium of an elastic band 10 l to a higher point of the inner side of the back portion I. The elastic band may be formed by a strip of elastic material having button-holes for engaging two buttons 5, 6 secured respectively to said flap and to the jacket. Preferably, the said 15 strip has additional button-holes I for shortening the strip, when elongated.

For the fixing of the sleeves in the arm-pits the desired object is achieved in a corresponding manner. o I

The edge of the sleeve-opening is secured in 2 the arm-hole along the upper part only, i. e. approximately down to the points 8. For the remaining lower part of said edge, the latter is de-' tached from the edge 9 of the arm-hole, an ap- 25 proximately triangular flap Ill being provided on the sleeve to overlap the edge 9 of the arm-hole at the inner side, where it is connected from its apex to a lower point of the jacket through the medium of buttons II, I! and an adjustable elastic'strlp l3. Thus a relative elastic displacement is permitted, so that tearing of the sleeves in the arm-pits is prevented and the arms may be moved freely, the provision of the flap Ill in triangular form having the advantage of concentrating the pull of the strip I3 at a single point (the apex), whence it is distributeduniformly in the flap. Further, this form of flap enables the required functions to be performed by a single elastic strip I 3, doing away with a necessity for more. 4

If desired, pleats ll, I5 may be provided on the bust and in the back portion of the jacket to obtain a certain slackness in the transverse direction. The expansion and contractionof the garment which these pleats afford in the region of the armpits provides such coordination with the sleeves as will let the flaps flatten out smoothly.

What I claim is:

- 1. A garment comprising. a body portion provided with armholes, a sleeve fitted to each armhole, the edge of-the opening of the respective sleeve being secured in the armhole along the upper portion thereof, the remaining portion of the sleeve merging into a substantially triangular flap overlapping the edge of the armhole at the inner side, an elastic band connecting the apex oi the overlapping flap to a lowerportion or the garment, and a pleat located on each side or the flap at the breast and back or the garment adjacent to said flap to provide for a predetermined slack in a transverse direction under the armpits of the garment to coordinate with the sleeve to let the flap flatten out smoothly.

2. A garment comprising a body portion pro- 10 vided with armholes, a sleeve fitted to each armhole, the edge of the opening of the respective lyinthe flap. -4

GERHARD HERMAN KAYSER. 

